Douglas Brinkley Everybody trusted Cronkite because he reminded them of their favorite uncle or trusted family physician. Being square in the age of the Beatles made Cronkite retro cool. – Douglas Brinkley Age Quotes Beatles Quotes Cool Quotes Cronkite Quotes Family Quotes Favorite Quotes Physician Quotes Reminded Quotes Retro Quotes Square Quotes Trusted Quotes Uncle Quotes The superhighway of celebrity and showmanship is filled with debris. The D-Day moniker wasn’t invented for the Allied invasion. The same name had been attached to the date of every planned offensive of World War II. It was first coined during World War I, at the U.S. attack at the Battle of Saint-Mihiel, in France in 1918.
Mary Astell Whilst our Hearts are violently set upon any thing, there is no convincing us that we shall ever be of another Mind. – Mary Astell
Jesse Jackson I cast my bread on the waters long ago. Now it’s time for you to send it back to me – toasted and buttered on both sides. – Jesse Jackson
Barry Diller Twenty years ago, there were dozens and dozens of independent television producers. There are a couple now, at the most. Mark Burnett, Endemol. It’s gone. Everybody works for the Man now. And it’s natural law, how that happened: Nobody prescribed it, but it’s how things worked out and how it has been for decades, period. – Barry Diller
Binyavanga Wainaina I like the idea of readers feeling a familiarity, whether it’s with Africa or childhood. – Binyavanga Wainaina
Bev Perdue I think we ought to suspend, perhaps, elections for Congress for two years and just tell them we won’t hold it against them, whatever decisions they make, to just let them help this country recover. I really hope that someone can agree with me on that. – Bev Perdue
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